by Allan Cuthbert | Nov 17, 2022 | FINANCIAL WELLBEING, SPECIAL NEEDS ARTICLES, SPECIAL NEEDS LEGAL
What is an Enduring Power of Attorney? An Enduring Power of Attorney can prevent all of your assets and property in your sole name from being frozen in the event you become unable to deal with your affairs. This will only occur when you become mentally incapacitated...
by Allan Cuthbert | Oct 5, 2022 | SPECIAL NEEDS ARTICLES, SPECIAL NEEDS ENTITLEMENTS
Budget 2023 was announced on 27 September 2022. The Budget sets out an overall package of €11 billion but how much of this will trickle down to parents of children with special needs? October 2022 will see parents on a weekly social welfare payment getting a once-off...
by Allan Cuthbert | Sep 28, 2022 | FINANCIAL WELLBEING, SPECIAL NEEDS ARTICLES, SPECIAL NEEDS LEGAL
I had a zoom consultation with a family in Letterkenny whose youngest child has Special Needs; it struck me how unaware the parents were of the dangers of not having a Will. In the course of our conversation, they mentioned that making a Will was something they had...
by Allan Cuthbert | Aug 29, 2022 | SPECIAL NEEDS LEGAL
One of my families informed me that they were unaware that their child was entitled to the Blind Welfare Allowance and only found out years later. They applied for this entitlement on behalf of their daughter and were granted it, but the department refused to back...
by Allan Cuthbert | Aug 4, 2022 | FINANCIAL WELLBEING, SPECIAL NEEDS ARTICLES, SPECIAL NEEDS ENTITLEMENTS
Research from Zurich has the average cost of sending a child to primary school each year is €830. The average annual cost for a child entering secondary school is €1,495. To help with this cost the Govenment has the Back-to-School Allowance. What is the...